We
have real enemies and cannot afford to fight among
ourselves over
Santa Claus.

Vertrees, who was a
customhouse broker, lives in Maryland, reports that he “became
a VDARE.COM contributor” because we shared his “special
interest” in border control. His previous letter
about discrimination by the IRS against English speakers
is
here.

James
Fulford replies: We are always very grateful to
our donors, and we recognize that many Christians differ
as to what to do about celebrating Christmas, but you
have to understand that the Puritans who banned the
celebration of Christmas with drinking and puddings and
Yule logs and such were doing so for a very different
motive than the modern anti-Christmas zealots.

The
Puritans thought that not engaging in excesses of eating
and drinking on the 25th was a
better way of honoring Christ and his church than the
older customs. The modern War Against Christmas is part
of the project we call "Abolishing
America." And while we respectfully differ from Ron
Vertrees on the subject, the fact that we`ve been
recently attacked by Max Blumenthal and Keith Olbermann
on MSNBC for "starting" the whole thing means that this
no time to back down. So we intend to fight it out on
this line if it takes all winter, wishing everyone, and
especially our
donors, a very Merry Christmas!